China Flying Dragon Aviation () is an airline based in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. It operates short-haul passenger and cargo charter flights, as well as maritime surveillance, aerial photography and forestry protection services. Its main base is Harbin Taiping International Airport.
History The airline was established and started operations in 1981. It is owned in a joint venture by the Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation and the former Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, now part of the Ministry of Natural Resources.
During the rescue and post-operations of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, heavy equipment needed to be transported to deal with the dangerous formation of quake-lakes located in extremely difficult terrain, particularly at Tangjiashan mountain, which was accessible only by foot or air. A China Flying Dragon Special Aviation Company's Mi-26T heavy lift helicopter was used to bring heavy earth-moving tractors, fuel, and equipment to the affected location to create a sluice to relieve the dangerous quake-lake.
Fleet The China Flying Dragon Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2019):
Air King 350ER Avicopter AC312 AS350B2 Cessna 172 Diamond DA40 Diamond DA42 11 Harbin Y-12 II Harbin Z-9 Schweizer 300 Comac C909
Previously operated The airline also operated:
4 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 Bell 47 Xian Y-7 Shaanxi Y-8 Changhe Z-11 Beriev Be-103photo of China Flying Dragon Airlines Be-103 1 Mil Mi-26T Mil Mi-8T Harbin Y-11 Mil Mi-17 Mil Mi-8
References
External links China Flying Dragon Aviation official website